Chappell Plans Municipal Power Extension
Chappell City Council approved specifications and cost estimates to extend the municipal electric system. Engineer Roland Miner proposed about 114 miles of transmission lines, a new substation with a 2500 KVA transformer, and plant rewiring at an estimated total of 48,282 dollars, increasing peak load by roughly 1000 KVA.
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Chappell
Roland Miner
Miner & Miner
Greeley
Colo
Miner
Top 4-H Honors Awarded at Cheyenne County Banquet
Carol Waite of Dalton and Larry Koester of Sidney named outstanding 4-H girl and boy in Cheyenne County at the annual 4-H Achievement Banquet. Bob Rexroth of Sidney cited as outstanding 4-H alumnus. County Agents Dora Livingston and Ivan Liljegren presented awards amid a barbequed beef supper and a follow up program.
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Duane Loewenstein
Carol Waite
Larry Koester
Cheyenne County
Robert Irwin
Lester Landmesser
Dean DeLong
Bob Miller
Art Rowan
Burgett Peetz
Foley Food Co
Karen Berry
Dalton
Larry. Koester
Vera Hare
Sidney
Twila Larson
Lenny Larson
Kathy Weed
Jolene Larson
Gurley
Rosalind Campbell
Marianne George
Joan Jurgens
Nancy Morgan
Gilbert So
John Hinrichs, Jr
Jim Irwin
Harold Irwin
Pat Sullivan
Bob Rexroth
Dora Livingston
Ivan Liljegren
J. Fred Thompson
Clark Schaffert Named National 4-H Meat Animal Winner
Clark Schaffert, Dalton High School student from Morrill County, is one of six national 4-H meat animal winners and earns a 306 dollar scholarship. He will attend the Congress and International Live Stock Show in Chicago from November 27 to December 3. Last year he won the top prize at Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock Show and served as assistant leader of the Northwesterners 4-H Club.
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Clark Schaffert
Dalton High School
Schaffert
Chicago
Morrill County
Ak-Sarben
Northwesterners
County Government Day Set for Cheyenne County Students
Cheyenne County to hold seventh annual Government Day November 30 with 96 high school students from Dalton Gurley St. Pat s Lodgepole Lorenzo Sunol Potter and Sidney visiting the courthouse to meet elected officials participate in a mock trial and shadow offices.
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Cheyenne County
Frank Mattoon
American Legion
Dalton
Gurley
St. Pat’s
Lodgepole
Lorenzo
Sunol
Potter
Sidney
City Auditorium
Beet Yields Reported for Cheyenne County Growers
Dick Beltner of Great Western Sugar Co reports total acreage and yields for Cheyenne County beet fields. Data lists individual growers from Sidney and Potter with acres, tons per acre, and sugar content ranging from 14.1% to 16.8%. Crew at stations included LaVerne Thomas Marvin Schafert and Bill Niemann.
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Cheyenne County
Dick Beltner
Great Western Sugar Co
LaVerne Thomas
Marvin Schaffert
Bill Niemann
Sidney Growers
Juan and
David Aguiniga
N. W
Carl D. Benzel
Kenneth H. Benzel
H. L. Schnell
Potter Growers
George A. Coulter, Jr
Arthur G. Jurig
Rat Population of Sidney Is Attacked
Workmen from B and C Exterminators of Denver conducted a three day rat elimination campaign in Sidney. Gas and poison bait were used in business and residential areas and at the city dump. City Manager Murrey Fuller urged reporting any remaining rats and a follow up drive is planned.
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Sidney
Denver
Murrey Fuller
Fuller
Sidney Youth Wins Metallurgy Scholarship Honor
William I. Nissen of 2223 Maple Street is announced as the winner of a $400 ASM Scholarship in metallurgy. He is among 50 engineering students across the United States and Canada to receive the award this academic year. Nissen will receive the scholarship through the South Dakota School of Mines where he is a sophomore metallurgical engineering student.
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William I. Nissen
Maple St
American Society For Metals
Nissen
United States
Canada
Sidney
South Dakota School of Mines
Ordville Grocery Keeps Doors Open Under Council Auspices
Ordville Grocery will stay open while the civilian operator retires. Rudy Munderloh relinquished control this weekend and no new operator has been found. The Post Restaurant Council decided to keep the store open under its auspices until a citizen takes over the concession.
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Ordvillé
Rudy Munderloh
Post Restaurant Council
Heart Disease Heads Cheyenne County Deaths In First Half
Statistics from the State Bureau of Vital Statistics show Cheyenne County recorded 31 deaths in January to June with 13 from heart disease, 2 from cancer, 1 tuberculosis, and four infant deaths. Births far exceeded deaths 101 to 31. statewide, 6,172 deaths and 15,896 births occurred, with heart disease leading causes.
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Cheyenne County
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Department of Health
Urban tax trend up in Nebraska cities survey shows hikes
Nebraska Citizens Council reports a 3.5 percent rise in municipal taxes across 89 cities and villages. Sidney leads with a 13.1 percent increase due mainly to bond obligations, while Omaha and Lincoln also show notable changes.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Citizens Council
Sidney
Tax Research Agency
Stromsburg
Wisner
Bayard
Mullen
North Platte
Wahoo
Plainview
Syracuse
Paxton
St. Paul
Ralston
South Sioux City
Nelson
Stratton
Sutherland
Falls City
Broken Bow
Alma
Wymore
Gothenburg
Burwell
Norfolk
Firemen Answer Creamery Blaze For Second Time This Week
Sidney firemen were called to the Sidney Creamery yesterday afternoon for a second time in a week to extinguish a fire centered in the refrigeration unit engines.
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Sidney
Sidney Creamery
Four Drilling Ventures Seen On Oil Scene
Four oil wells reported in Cheyenne County with two near pay sands and two just starting. Wells include Lewis Drilling Co. at Miller No. 1 4015 feet and Hamilton & Kays Shaw No. 1 near core depth. Multiple other wildcat tests span Kimball, Banner, Garden, and Morrill counties with various operators and formations noted.
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Cheyenne County
Pay Sands
Sidney
McLernon Pool
Lewis Drilling Co
Miller No. 1
Hamilton & Kays
Shaw No. 1
Maley
Ginther - Warren - Ginther
Ohio Oil
Ohio
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Deuel County
Dunn & Boreing
Transcontinent Oil Co
Larson Drilling Co
Laeger
Box Butte County
Wildcat
Shell Oil Co
Gerrard
Kimball County
Kimball Field
Chicago ‘Corporation
Republic National Gas
Griffith
Wildcat. Petroleum, Inc
Lovercheck
Banner County
160
Loverceck Cyclone Drilling Co
Havorka
Vrtatko
Stanolind Oil & Gas Co
Whitcomb
Pounds
T. Roy Wadkins & Davis Oil Co
Jones
Stanolind Oil _& Gas _ Co
Scheele
Kimball
Halbert & Jennigs
Onstott
Sohio Petroleum Co
Nerud
Morrill County
Three Firms Bid For Cheyenne County Reappraisal Work
Bids opened for the Cheyenne County scientific reappraisal project ranged from 38 700 to 44 370 dollars. The committee rejected a bid extension request from J L Jacobs of Chicago and planned interviews with E T Wilkins & Associates Justen Haynes and Doane Appraisal Service to decide the contractor. The $35 000 appropriation will cover part of the overrun as the project spans into the 1956 57 fiscal year and lasts more than a year. The effort aims to equalize real estate values county wide including business and industrial inventories.
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Cheyenne County Scientific
E. T. Wilkins & Associates
Chicago
J. L. Jacobs
Walter Cork
Dewey Larson
Wayne Campbell
George Coulter
George Fleming
Telegraph
Kinnersley Drinking Driving Hearing Delayed
In Cheyenne County the preliminary hearing for William H. Kinnersley on a third offense drunken driving charge was postponed this afternoon after his attorney requested a court reporter. Kinnersley, arrested by Sidney police on August 8, has pleaded innocent. prior 1950 convictions are listed in the criminal information.
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Cheyenne
William H. Kinnersley
Kinnersley
Sidney
Scottsbluff City Manager Thompson Resigns
T. E. Thompson city manager of Scottsbluff resigned last week after years of criticism. A former early Texas A&M football player, Thompson said he quit to prevent the city manager form of government in Scottsbluff from being abolished.
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Scottsbluff
T. E. Thompson
Thompson
Texas A&m
Jury Considers $30,000 Civil Action in Sheep Blocked Road
A jury in a civil case heard testimony in Castldal Dalton this morning. Minnie Dryer sues Eugene Malin and Joe Vatchek over a Feb 1954 accident when her car overturned after the road was allegedly blocked by sheep tended by Vatchek. Dryer, who was driving about 55 mph on a crest, seeks damages.
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Minnie Dryer
el Dalton
Eugene
Malin
Joe Vatchek
Depot Pay Day Moved Up To Wednesday At Sioux Depot
Pay day for civilian personnel at the Sioux Ordnance Depot is moved from Friday to Wednesday so workers receive checks before Thanksgiving. Fiscal Officer Capt. W. M. Turner said the change enables about half of the depot staff on the alternating weekly pay schedule to be paid earlier.
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Sioux
W. M. Turner
Hornicicek Wins Telegraph Football Contest With 18 of 20
Gordon Hornicek of Sunol scored 18 correct in the Telegraph Football Contest final, earning the $50 prize as the top predictor. A total of 315 entrants joined the finale, with upsets shaping the results, while four players missed only three games.
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Telegraph
Gordon Hornicek
Sunol
Hornicek
Laramie
Wye
Haver Bruner
Broadwater
Rosemary Ruttner
Jack Patterson
Bessie Oeltjen
Potter
Merchants Asked To Aid Christmas Lighting Fund
The Chamber of Commerce retail committee and the Lighting committee begin re solicitation tomorrow to fund festive street tree lighting. A goal of 750 dollars is set to cover bulbs repairs and maintenance on street light poles.
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Chamber of
Commerce and
Hanks
Peratt
Harold
Keith
Six People Shaken After Friday Two-Cars Crash
Six persons were shaken up in a two car crash on Friday evening near Lorenzo. A 1955 model car driven by Dorothy M. Nelson of Potter turned left on a county road and was hit by a northbound 1954 car driven by Joe S. Bonkiewicz Jr. of Lodgepole. None were seriously injured. damage totaled over $550.
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Lorenzo Fridbay
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Dorothy M. Nelson
Potter
Highway
Joe ‘S. Bonkiewicz, Jr
Lodgepole
Geraldine Bonkiewicz
Nélson
Myra
Kade
Lea Ann
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